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Just last year, the building of brick, stone and stained glass was a wedding venue – on Sunday, Rickey Moore preached on the bride of Christ, the church, seeking her glorious groom, Jesus. He’d prefer we call him Rickey. Not ‘Bishop’ or ‘Dr.’ Not ‘Preacher,’ ‘Reverend’ or ‘Pastor.’ “We’re not hung up on titles,” says

Gladewater’s designation as ‘The Antique Capital of East Texas’ was never meant to be a reference to its charter. First written and adopted in the mid-1950s, the city’s guiding document has been amended just twice – in November 1968 and August of ‘85. Almost 40 years since the last update, eight proposed amendments will be

For years, decades, the City of White Oak has been partially subsidizing its residents’ water costs – as of last week, council members have fixed their leaky faucet. The increase to the city’s water rates has been in the works for months, effectively on the drawing board since the last inadequate increase was adopted about

Local officials continue carefully investigating another dam puzzle on the earthen structure, situated on the eastern end away from the concrete spillway. On the lower portion of the southern slope, the dry side of the dam, city authorities are keen to test the original, decades-old relief valve. They’re warming up to the necessary task by

PRESS RELEASE The intersections of Rodeo and Hendricks, Gay Ave. and Hendricks will be closed Friday, March 29, for water line/valve installation. According to Gladewater City Hall, the updates will take several hours to complete, and the public is urged to seek alternate routes in the interim.  There may also be some water service interruption during

The bad news won’t come as a surprise – there’s more wrong at Gladewater’s dam than meets the eye. There’s a silver lining, though, since identifiable problems strengthen the city’s case for financial assistance to repair the decades-old structure that both protects the community’s sole water source and prevents the water from overwhelming everything downstream.

Recent wildfires in the Texas panhandle have burned well over a million acres, causing tragic loss of life and devastating local communities. In addition, the fires have destroyed livestock and grazing land in this region which is crucial to the US beef industry. Although the high human cost and devastation are the primary concerns, the

The spectre of container homes on the shores of Lake Gladewater had council members itching for an on-the-fly adjustment of the city’s code of ordinances last week. Ultimately (and after some healthy disagreement on the dais) the group opted to hand-off the wording of the code update to city staff members for council consideration soonest,